Chapter Ninety-Six.
In the second year of King Huiwen of Qin, he was on death row in Wei.
The heavy iron door, which had been closed for years, was opened, and a disgusting smell of blood and the stench of rotting bodies came out. The fat body of the cell head trembled, and his chubby fingers couldn't even hold the key steadily, and he said inarticulately: "General, you don't need to go down to see it here." The death row has been sealed for seven years and has never been opened. The prisoners inside had starved to death. ”
The fat cell boss was followed by a general surnamed Bai, who liked to gently pat his neck with the back of his knife, and his eyebrows and eyes gave people an indescribable calmness. Those who are experienced in leading troops to fight do not match their age.
Adjutant General Huang Quanquan looked at the dim death row, and always felt that there was something in the depths of the darkness, and said: "General, the prison door has been locked for seven years, and there is no food ration during this period, so there is no need to go down to see it."
The leader of the generals turned around and wanted to leave, but he was unwilling to leave like this, and most of his body leaned into the foul-smelling dungeon, and the frightened people hurriedly held their breath, fearing that there would be any accidents.
The young general has been passed down from generation to generation, but it is known as the white gate of the prosperous era behind closed doors, and the sword is raised in troubled times.
The eldest prince Yingqian, and the newly enthroned Emperor Yingsi can be regarded as spoiled to the bone for this outstanding general. Not only did he directly give him the name of the general as soon as he came up, but he also deliberately let him have a hundred guards and let him choose by himself.
This young general, who usually seems to have a bad head, changed his person as soon as he entered the battlefield, dispatched troops, arranged formations, and supervised construction. Everything in the army, big and small, is seen in his eyes one by one. The Qin soldiers, who had just experienced the Shang Jun's change of law and were in urgent need of military merits, were like wolves and tigers under his hands, and led the Qin soldiers to fight the Great Liang of Wei in the first battle.
No one knew what he wanted to do, and no one understood the benefits of exposing his strength like this.
At this time, the old King Wei of Wei was trembling and hiding in the palace in Daliang City, but General Bai took everyone to the opposite way and went to the heavenly prison in the other direction to rob the prison?
Ignoring the reminders of the people behind him, General Bai stood in front of the prison door for a long time, his eyes adjusting to the darkness. Fan the sour smell that drilled into my nose, and went down to the bottom of death row step by step.
Huang Shanquan followed the steps of the white general and went down to the prison, and suddenly his eyes were completely covered by darkness, as if he was blind, and he couldn't see his five fingers.
General Bai knocked on the head of Huang Quanquan and said, "If you don't get used to it, you will come down, if there is really an enemy, you will be the first to die."
Huang Quan rubbed his eyes and held his breath in the darkness for a moment to see the scene around him.
Death row that hadn't been opened for seven years, bones and wet mist everywhere. The Yellow Authority slashed through the fire, and the faint dim light floated in the empty and lonely death row row. Huang Quan sat down on the ground suddenly, and it turned out that there was a white bone corpse hanging from his head.
General Bai searched in the prison, and did not forget to sneer later: "A corpse scared you to the ground."
As he spoke, he suddenly screamed, "Oh, I'm your uncle." ”
General Bai was so frightened by the sudden appearance of a figure in front of him that he almost turned his back on breath, and when he looked closely, he found that it was a tall and thin child, holding a bone knife in his hand, and staring at him with straight eyes. Huang Quan hurriedly ran over and said, "What, it's just a child."
After saying that, Huang Quanquan suddenly felt that something was wrong, drew his sword out of its sheath, and said hurriedly: "General be careful."
A death row that has not been opened for seven years, how can there be children who look like they are tens of years old.
Only then did General Bai remember where he was, and in the face of such a strange thing, he stretched out his hand and pressed the Qin sword that Huang Quan had pulled out, and asked, "Little brother, who are you?"
The boy seemed to have never seen the faint light of the fire, and his eyes were half-hidden, and he refused to speak.
The white general blows out the fire, and the two look at each other in the dark. Huang Quanquan said: "White general, this."
General Bai said, "It's okay."
Suddenly, there was a squeak at the feet of Huang Quanquan, and I saw the child pick up a bone fragment from the ground, close his eyes and ears, and after a little listening, he shook the bone out.
There was another terrible rat cry, and the sharp bone fragments pierced through the rat's fat body, nailing it to the ground with great strength.
General Bai couldn't help but praise: "Good sharp ears, good accurate hands? Little brother, how did you do it. ”
Looking forward again, the child who was still stunned just now took a few steps back, disappeared in the darkness again, and in just a few seconds, his figure appeared on the side of Huang Quan, and he quickly caught the rat like a hungry tiger. Skillfully tearing open the rat skin, a mouth full of blood, and feasting on it.
Huang Quanzhi is not very old, but his time in the army is not short, he has followed Du Zhi several times to quell the rebellion in Yiqu, and he can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, and has seen the blood and death on the battlefield, but at this moment he still covers his mouth and endures nausea.
Such a rotten and stinking dungeon is like a refuge for some child, where he is the only presence in the darkness.
General Bai walked in, and when he saw this scene, his stomach couldn't stop turning over the rivers and seas, still maintaining goodwill, and asked, "Little brother, can you speak?"
The boy put down the half-eaten rat in his hand, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the sleeve of his coat of unknown colors, and said, "Yes, he told me to speak to him every time I woke up."
When Huang heard that there were other people, he drew his sword out of its sheath, and in the silence of death row, the sound of sharp swords was particularly harsh.
With fear on his face, the child took a few steps back, half-crouched on the ground, and would disappear into the darkness at any moment.
The white general angrily reprimanded: "Huang Quanquan, put the sword down for me, don't scare the children."
Huang Quanquan returned to the sword, still stroking the sword with one hand, and his eyes were guarded.
The child was a little relieved, and squatted down to listen to General Bai's questioning. In fact, this was the first time he had seen people, living people, or normal people, since he could remember.
The dark life in the dungeon once every seven years drove thousands of death row inmates insane, and they were not human. And the child is the only one who stands out among these thousands.
General Bai asked: "In the past few years, has anyone brought you food?"
The child thought for a moment and shook his head.
The white general asked again: "Then how did you survive?" Is it all about these rats? ”
The child pointed to the countless corpses on the ground and said, "Eat rats when there are them, and eat them when they don't."
Bai was shocked by the child's flat tone, this skeleton was all over the death row, could it be that he ate it alone.
The child squatted on the ground and said, "I don't know when I started eating." For as long as I can remember, everyone I've ever met has a green glow in the corner of their eye, wanting to eat me. If he hadn't protected me, killed those people, hung them up, and eaten them slowly, I would have been a part of this underground skeleton. ”
Bai Jiang looked in the direction the child pointed, and sure enough, hundreds of white bones were densely packed and hung in the air, and the knife marks when removing the meat were faintly visible on the white bones.
The white general squatted down, looked at eye level with the child, and asked with a serious face, "Then, what about him?"
The child was defenseless, pointed behind the white general, and said, "Where is it?"
The white general was frightened, and turned around suddenly, with a corpse of flesh and blood hanging behind him, but his chest was shaved clean, and all his internal organs were gone.
Huang Quan couldn't help but draw his sword to kill this demon, and the white general knocked him away.
The child was not afraid at this time, and then said: "He raised me, gave me food, taught me to hunt and kill, and killed me with one blow, or else I was eaten." Taught me how to prevent corpses from smelling, where to eat first and where to eat later. ”
The white general asked, "Then why is he being eaten by you?"
The boy scratched his head and said, "He told me to eat him, and I ate it." There is so little food here that everyone eats it all. I was hungry with him every day. Later, he told me a lot of things, and he hung there. When I wake up tomorrow, the bucket at his feet will be oozing water. I'm going to drink water, then I'm going to talk to him, and I'm going to cut off a piece of meat and eat it. That's this bone knife, going hunting rats, water snakes, and things like that. ”
Bai Jiang also scratched his head like a child and asked, "Don't you feel sad if you eat him?" The sadness of the dungeon of Nota is the only one left in you. ”
The child shook his head and said, "No, I don't have that emotion for a long time." If you want to live here, you have to not have emotions. ”
Bai Jiang looked at the corpse, and the pupils, five internal organs, and intestines, which were easily perishable, had been dug out. But you can still vaguely see the indifferent smile on the corner of the man's mouth. It's like life and death don't matter.
The white general pointed to the man and asked, "Do you know who he is?" Or what his name is. ”
The boy tilted his head and said, "His name is father, and he says he is my father." I don't understand what a father is, anyway, he says he is, that's it. ”
General Bai was stunned, thought about it, and smiled dumbly: "Child, I'll take you out."
The child squatted in place for a long time, looked at the button with his hand, thought about it again, picked up the bone knife, and said in front of his father's corpse: "Father, what you said is really right, someone will take me out." I didn't want to go out, but I was obedient and I went out. ”
The child turned around and took the white general's hand and said, "My father said before he died, whoever takes me out will have his life, and I must listen to that person." That person is you. ”
General Bai took the child and stood for a long time at the door of the cell that was slightly brightened. The child poked his head out from time to time, and quickly retracted it, and the noon sun pierced a pair of eyes that had not seen the light for seven years, which was particularly eye-catching.
Bai Jiang was very patient, waiting until the child adjusted to the light, and then took his hand and stepped step by step on the steps out of death row.
For the first time in the child's life, there is brilliance, and next to this brilliance, there is a woman who likes to wear plain clothes, with a gentle smile, not losing the sun, and also piercing the child's heart.
The woman had a thin white sword behind her, hovering in the air, and said, "You're a little late, and the soldiers of the Great Liang have come around."
The white general kicked the yellow authority like a wooden stake and said, "Why are you stunned, kill someone."
In the sky in front of him, fifteen Wei Wu pawns suddenly appeared, holding long knives, and jumped down.
The woman chuckled, "No need, I'm done." ”
The slender white sword galloped, and in an instant, it swept over the spot, standing quietly beside the woman, the blade of the sword was plain white, and it was unstained.
Before the fifteen Wei warriors landed, they were in two places, and blood was splashed on the ground.
The child later changed his name to Ghost Li, and the white general was named Cangqi, first called the God of War, then called the God of Killing, and finally called the slaughter. The woman is a fairy sword, called Baixi.
Bai Xi stood beside the child, and his slender jade hand grabbed his little ear and asked, "What's your name?"
The child blushed and lowered his head, "I don't have a name." ”
Bai Xi's smile was quiet, like a warm spring breeze, so that the child couldn't help but look up, and she said softly: "You are very similar to my brother, very similar." It's called Shen Yu, remember. ”
Encounters, encounters, encounters.